Faculty Members
Faculty Members
IDEA Lab Director
Assistant Professor in Data Science,
Joint Appointment with Health Informatics
IDEA Lab Co-Director
Assistant Professor in Data Science
Professor of School of Information Sciences at UIUC
Dean of the School of Computing at University of Wyoming
Regents Professor and Program Director of Health Informatics
Assistant Professor in Learning Technologies
Assistant Professor in Data Science
Lecturer in Data Science
Clinical Associate Professor in Advanced Data Analytics
Ph.D. Students
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Ding and Chen
(Fall 2020 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Chen and Yu
(Fall 2023 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Chen and Chang
(Fall 2023 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Computer Science at NCSU, co-advised by Drs. Ding and Chen
(Fall 2023 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, advised by Dr. Chen
(Fall 2024 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Chen and Xiao
(Fall 2024 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science
(Spring 2025 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, advised by Dr. Chen
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Ph.D. Student in Information Science, co-advised by Drs. Xiao and Zhang
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Peng Zhang
Ph.D. Student in Information Science
(Fall 2026 - Present)
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Ph.D. Student in Data Science
(Fall 2026 - Present)
M.S. Students
MS student in Data Science
(Fall 2025 - Present)
MS student in Data Science
(Fall 2025 - Present)
MS student in Data Science
(Fall 2025 - Present)
MS student in Data Science
(Fall 2025 - Present)
MS student in Artificial Intelligence
(Fall 2026 - Present)
Undergraduate student in Data Science
(Fall 2024 - Summer 2026)
Undergraduate
Undergraduate student in Data Science
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Undergraduate student in Computer Science
(Spring 2026 - Present)
Undergraduate student in Data Science
(Spring 2026 - Present)
Tuyen Nguyen (Kat)
Undergraduate student in Data Science
(Spring 2026 - Present)
TAMS Students
Vincent Lin
TAMS student in Computer Engineering
(Fall 2025 - Present)
Alumni
MS student in Data Science
(Spring 2023 - Present)
MS student in Information Science
(Spring 2023 - Present)
TAMS student in Computer Engineering
(Fall 2025 - Spring 2026)
Current: Undergraduate at UNT
TAMS student in Computer Engineering
(Spring 2025 - Summer 2026)
Current: Undergraduate at Brown University
MS student in Information Science
(Summer 2025 - Spring 2026)
Julian Ondrey
Undergraduate student in Computer Science
(Fall 2025 - Spring 2026)
Eneojo Unwuchola
Undergraduate student in Computer Science
(Fall 2025 - Spring 2026)
Teja Mandaloju
MS student in Data Science
(Fall 2024 - Fall 2025)
Dhruhi Patel
MS student in Health Informatics
(Spring 2025 - Fall 2025)
Jayasri Vinnakota
MS student in Health Informatics
(Spring 2025 - Fall 2025)
MS student in Health Informatics
(Spring 2024 - Spring 2025)
MS student in Data Science
(Fall 2024 - Spring 2025)
MS student in Information Science
(Fall 2023 - Fall 2024)
MS student in Data Science
(Summer 2024 - Fall 2024)
MS student in Data Science
(Fall 2022 - Spring 2024)